Renault Type DJ

The Renault Type DJ was an early passenger car from Renault, also called the 16 CV, and the national authority approved it on 16 January 1913. It replaced the Renault Type CC, and production ended in 1914 without a successor. A water cooled four cylinder engine with a 90 millimetre bore and a 140 millimetre stroke displaced 3,562 cubic centimetres and gave 17 PS, sent to the rear axle by a cardan shaft, for a stated top speed of 52 to 78 kilometres per hour depending on the gearing. On a wheelbase of 339.6 centimetres the car was 468.5 centimetres long and 176 centimetres wide, with a 14 metre turning circle, and the bare chassis weighed 1,000 kilograms. Torpedo and limousine bodies were offered on a chassis costing 12,000 to 12,400 francs. One car stands in the Toyota Automobile Museum and a phaeton is in private hands in Switzerland.